- [Instructor] With a key pair created…and security groups in place,…I can launch an EC2 instance.…So from the console, I'll look in, navigate to EC2,…and click Launch Instance.…The first thing it's asking me to choose…is which AMI I want to use.…For this demo, I'm gonna use one of the quick start ones…which are prepackaged by Amazon,…and I'm gonna go with Amazon Linux.…The next option I have to make…is to choose my instance size.…

In this case, I'm gonna stick with the default choice…which is a t2 micro and it's available in the free tier.…Amazon gives a few resources for free when you first sign up…and I'll take advantage of that,…so I'll go down here and Configure Instance Details.…Now here's a lot of details that we can set.…We can launch multiple instances at once,…we can request different Purchasing options,…if I had a custom VPC setup, I could choose something…other than the default VPC, which I don't,…so I'll just stick with default.…

The Subnet, it tells me the default is no preference,…which is usually fine, in this case,…

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5/23/2017

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the most widely used cloud platforms, and the go-to for many organizations looking to reduce costs by adopting a cloud infrastructure strategy. This course starts by examining cloud concepts and best practices. Next, it walks you through how to design your infrastructure to prevent failure. Then, you'll discover how to implement elasticity with automation, and strategies to decouple application components. Then, learn how to optimize for performance and for cost. Last, put concepts into practice by setting up the server-based architectures for a web application in addition to implementing a serverless approach using AWS API Gateway and Lambda.